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Things I don’t want to forget about Samantha right now: “What doing, Mommy? What doing?” She asks me this 720 times a day. That’s not an exaggeration. You do the math. She eats her lima beans first. “Sam-a-do it! Sam-a-do it!!” She loves to take turns patting and burping Ellie, and is sure to tell us when she spits up. …
Read more →We had a pasta dinner one night which contained sliced celery. Or did it have caterpillars? Check it out.
Read more →Another Betbeze Seagrove beach trip has come and gone. We had fun, even though it was killer hot. I’m so glad the oil had not made it to the coast yet, but sad the the Gulf is being ruined. Some Betbezes: the great-grandchildren: I didn’t take any pictures because my hands were full (of sand and saltwater among other …
Read more →It’s hot. Hot, I tell you. This was my car temp all afternoon. When I first cranked it, it said 122°F. Couple that with 527% humidity, and you’ve got yourself Hades.
Read more →Ellie had her appointment with the pediatric cardiologist this morning. She had an EKG first with about a dozen sticky monitors. She wasn’t fond of them being pulled off. Then she was weighed and came in at 8 lbs 6 ozs. That’s my growing girl! When the doctor came in, he listened with his stethoscope and said …
Read more →Ellie seriously read the book “How to be a Baby” because she certainly is easy and predictable. She even slept through the night last night! We fed her at 10:30PM, and I woke her up at 7:30AM after getting Samantha out the door! I’m sure it was a fluke, but it sure was nice!
Read more →Uncle Roy was ordained as priest yesterday! We’re very happy for him. We’re not sure yet how to address him. Is it “Uncle Roy” still? Is it “Fr. Roy”? Or is it something of both, like “Fruncle Roy” or “Fruncle Runkle”? Okay, just kidding. We’ll let him tell us. I got some pictures from the cheap seats in the back. You …
Read more →I took Ellie to the doctor yesterday for a weight check. She weighs a whopping 7 lbs 3 oz! The doctor poked his head in the exam room to tell us that he was thrilled and very pleased. He was super excited that she turned herself around. She’s now in about the 5th percentile for weight. While I had him, I wanted to ask …
Read more →Ellie is now 4.5 weeks old!
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